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Lionsgate Home Entertainment are to release an extended cut this July 27th

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Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced a Blu-ray release of Rambo - Extended Cut for the 27th July. The film will include 9 extra uncut minutes. The only extra feature will be a 60 minute production diary.

Also available on Blu-ray from the 27th July will be Rambo: The Complete Collection. This 4-disc set includes all four films, and will retail at around $54.99. First Blood will include commentary with Sylvester Stallone, commentary with writer David Morrell, deleted scenes, and a trivia track. First Blood Part II will include commentary with director George P. Cosmatos, a “We Get to Win This Time” documentary, and a trivia track. Rambo 3 will include commentary with director Peter MacDonald, a “Afghanistan: Land in Crisis” documentary, and a trivia track. Lastly, Rambo will include commentary with Sylvester Stallone, deleted scenes, featurettes ("It’s a Long Road: Resurrection of an Icon", "A Score to Settle: The Music of Rambo”, "The Art of War: Completing Rambo", "The Weaponry of Rambo", "A Hero’s Welcome: Release and Reaction", "Legacy of Despair: The Struggle in Burma").

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Sounds like a pretty decent release, but I'm saving my money for Alice in Wonderland on Blu-ray. I know, I know, that AIW is no where NEAR as good as the Rambo movies, but lately, I've been having a craving for just some fun movies. Don't get me wrong, I love adult dramas and action films, but I've been in a more "lift-spiriting" mood.

crazygmpoker wrote: so the extended Rambo won't be included in the box set?

based on the cover, this seems to just be a blu-ray version of the dvd set that was released last year or the year before. so yeah, its probably just the theatrical cut in there but dont worry...they'll double/triple dip eventually and include the director's cut.

Curious that this mentions only 9 minutes. AICN ran a story Monday announcing Rambo 5 not happening and that 12 minutes would be added back in for this release. Not that 3 minutes is a deal maker/breaker, but 9 minutes hardly seems worth a double dip right now.

Remember when "director's cut" actually meant something- as opposed to just reinserting deleted scenes for a double-dip?

Anyway, it's interesting that they are still employing the "Fight Continues" tagline that was added for the original dvd release. It suggests a Rambo 5 could still be in the works, even though Stallone recently said otherwise. I have a feeling he will probably go through with it before it's all over- especially if The Expendables doesn't justify a sequel at the box office.

(Not that I'm complaining. A few more movies set around an older Rambo aren't going to diminish the series any further- especially if they feature some decent action.)

ryan_hunt17 wrote: I hate that we always have French included on our Blu-Rays and DVDs in Canada. So much, in fact, that I have ordered discs from Amazon.com (instead of .ca) specifically so I won't have to look at French spines on my shelf. It's ridiculous, I know.

i'm the same...now i dont go buying from amazon.com to specifically avoid the french but its because they always have good deals and better prices. but yeah i hate seeing the french on them and i am french myself. lol

If the delete footage is new, and not the same stuff that was on the first release, I'll buy this. I HATE..HATE that cover however, and would need to print out a different one. Why couldn't they use that black and white cover that had Rambo bleeding while holding the knife? That cover was simple, yet rocked.

I haven't watched this yet, but I felt the series did degenerate in quality as it progressed. First Blood was a classic, Rambo was something akin to Cameron's Aliens to Scott's Alien and 3 was an abomination. If we continue with the Alien analogy, Rambo 3 skips Alien 3 and goes straight to Alien Resurrection depths. But, I heard nice things about this one, so I will watch it in the extended form.

9 minutes can make a lot of difference to a movie, depending on how it is added. I recently watched the Natural Born Killers Director's Cut Blu-ray and the 3-4 extra minutes adding up to over 150 cuts seemed to make the movie more intense, scary, loony, comical, overwhelming and enjoyable than the theatrical cut.

I hate that we always have French included on our Blu-Rays and DVDs in Canada. So much, in fact, that I have ordered discs from Amazon.com (instead of .ca) specifically so I won't have to look at French spines on my shelf. It's ridiculous, I know.

figures this comes after i bought the DVD boxset with all 4 movies. but maybe now they'll finally release a blu-ray box since the current one only contains the first 3 movies and the 4th movie is seperate.